Meshell Ndegéocello - A Tear and a Smile lyrics

When we make love I feel it so deeply
When we make love I cry
When you kiss me my lips they burn with fear
For even a love that crowns may crucify
In the cradle of creation between the hand of
Love I died and there you were
I was warmed amidst the gaze of your eyes
Our minds wounded
By The need for understanding
Our bodies betrayed by time

Do you hear me can you taste my pain for
Love has no other desire
But to fulfill it'self
But to deny yourself the pleasure of
That pain is to love selfishly i stood there
Your heart lay captive in a cage fashioned by
Your fears not knowing what to say
You have many lovers and yet I alone love
You far beyond any lily white fairy tale

I would not exchange the sorrows of my
Heart for the joys of the multitude
And I would not have the
Tears that sadness makes
To flow from my every part turn into laughter
I want the hunger for your love and beauty to
Fill me from the depths of my spirit